List of mayors of Atlanta

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This is a list of mayors of Atlanta, Georgia. The mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta. Since its incorporation in 1847, the city has had 61 mayors. The current mayor is Andre Dickens who was elected in the 2021 election and took office in January 2022.

Term length4 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderMoses Formwalt
Formation1848
Salary$147,500[1][2]
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Mayor of Atlanta
Seal of City of Atlanta
Incumbent
Andre Dickens
since January 3, 2022
Term length4 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderMoses Formwalt
Formation1848
Salary$147,500[1][2]
Websitewww.atlantaga.gov
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The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock's second term (1875–77), when a new city charter changed it to two years. The term was changed to four years in 1929, giving Isaac N. Ragsdale the modern stay in office. Though a political party is listed where known, the mayoral election is officially non-partisan, so candidates do not represent their party when elected. Since 1879, all mayors of Atlanta have been members of the Democratic Party.

List of mayors

See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list by surname.

Mayor Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892.
Mayor William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years.
Mayor Kasim Reed (2010–2018)
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No. Mayor Took office Left office Tenure Election Party
1 Moses Formwalt
(1820–1852)		 January 1848 January 17, 1849 1 year 1848 Free and Rowdy
2 Benjamin Bomar
(1816–1868)		 January 17, 1849 January 23, 1850 1 year, 6 days 1849 Free and Rowdy
3 Willis Buell
(c. 1790–1851)		 January 23, 1850 January 1851 1 year 1850 Free and Rowdy
4 Jonathan Norcross
(1808–1898)		 January 1851 January 1852 1 year 1851 Moral
5 Thomas Gibbs
(1798–1859)		 January 1852 January 17, 1853 1 year 1852 Moral
6 John Mims
(1815–1856)		 January 17, 1853 October 1853[a] 9 months Jan. 1853 Independent
7 William Markham
(1811–1890)		 October 1853 January 1854 3 months Oct. 1853 Independent
8 William Butt
(c. 1805–1888)		 January 1854 January 26, 1855 1 year 1854 Independent
9 Allison Nelson
(1822–1862)		 January 26, 1855 July 6, 1855[b] 161 days 1855 Democratic
10 John Glen
(1809–1895)
Acting		 July 6, 1855 January 1856 6 months – Democratic
11 William Ezzard
(1799–1887)
1st time		 January 1856 January 1858 2 years 1856 Democratic
1857
12 Luther Glenn
(1818–1886)		 January 1858 January 1860 2 years 1858 Democratic
1859
13 William Ezzard
(1799–1887)
2nd time		 January 1860 January 1861 1 year 1860 Democratic
14 Jared Whitaker
(1818–1884)		 January 1861 December 13, 1861[c] 11 months 1861 Southern Democratic
15 Thomas Lowe
(1812–1875)
Acting		 December 13, 1861 January 1862 1 month – Southern Democratic
16 James Calhoun
(1811–1875)		 January 1862 January 1866 4 years 1862 Southern Democratic
1863
1864
1865
17 James E. Williams
(1826–1900)		 January 1866 January 1869 3 years 1866 Democratic
1867[d]
18 William Hulsey
(1838–1909)		 January 1869 January 1870 1 year 1869 Democratic
19 William Ezzard
(1799–1887)
3rd time		 January 1870 January 1871 1 year 1870 Democratic
20 Dennis Hammond
(1819–1891)		 January 1871 January 1872 1 year 1871 Republican
21 John H. James
(1830–1917)		 January 1872 January 1873 1 year 1872 Democratic
22 Cicero C. Hammock
(c. 1823–1890)
1st time		 January 1873 January 1874 1 year 1873 Democratic
23 S. B. Spencer
(1827–1901)		 January 1874 January 1875 1 year 1874 Democratic
24 Cicero C. Hammock
(c. 1823–1890)
2nd time		 January 1875 January 1877 2 years 1875 Democratic
25 Nedom L. Angier
(1814–1882)		 January 1877 January 1879 2 years 1877 Republican
26 William Lowndes Calhoun
(1837–1908)		 January 1879 January 1881 2 years 1879 Democratic
27 James W. English
(1837–1925)		 January 1881 January 1883 2 years 1881 Democratic
28 John B. Goodwin
(1850–1921)
1st time		 January 1883 January 1885 2 years 1883 Democratic
29 George Hillyer
(1835–1927)		 January 1885 January 1887 2 years 1885 Democratic
30 John Tyler Cooper
(1844–1912)		 January 1887 January 1889 2 years 1887 Democratic
31 John Thomas Glenn
(1844–1899)		 January 1889 January 1891 2 years 1889 Democratic
32 William Hemphill
(1842–1902)		 January 1891 January 1893 2 years 1891 Democratic
33 John B. Goodwin
(1850–1921)
2nd time		 January 1893 January 1895 2 years 1893 Democratic
34 Porter King
(1857–1901)		 January 1895 January 1897 2 years 1895 Democratic
35 Charles A. Collier
(1848–1900)		 January 1897 January 1899 2 years 1897 Democratic
36 James G. Woodward
(1845–1923)
1st time		 January 1899 January 1901 2 years 1899 Democratic
37 Livingston Mims
(1833–1906)		 January 1901 January 1903 2 years 1901 Democratic
38 Evan Howell
(1839–1905)		 January 1903 January 1905 2 years 1903 Democratic
39 James G. Woodward
(1845–1923)
2nd time		 January 1905 January 1907 2 years 1905 Democratic
40 Walthall Robertson Joyner
(1854–1925)		 January 1907 January 1909 2 years 1907 Democratic
41 Robert Maddox
(1870–1965)		 January 1909 January 1911 2 years 1909 Democratic
42 Courtland Winn
(1863–1940)		 January 1911 January 1913 2 years 1911 Democratic
43 James G. Woodward
(1845–1923)
3rd time		 January 1913 January 1917 4 years 1913 Democratic
1915
44 Asa Griggs Candler
(1851–1929)		 January 1917 January 1919 2 years 1917 Democratic
45 James L. Key
(1867–1939)
1st time		 January 1919 January 1923 4 years 1919 Democratic
1921
46 Walter Sims
(1880–1953)		 January 1923 January 1927 4 years 1923 Democratic
1925
47 Isaac Newton Ragsdale
(1859–1937)		 January 1927 January 1931 4 years 1927 Democratic
48 James L. Key
(1867–1939)
2nd time		 January 1931 January 1937 6 years 1931 Democratic
1932 recall[e]
1935
49 William B. Hartsfield
(1890–1971)
1st time		 January 1937 January 1941 4 years 1937 Democratic
50 Roy LeCraw
(1895–1985)		 January 1941 May 1942[f] 1 year 1941 Democratic
– George B. Lyle
(1884–1948)
Acting		 May 1942 May 1942 1 month – Democratic
51 William B. Hartsfield
(1890–1971)
2nd time		 May 1942 January 1962 20 years 1942 special Democratic
1945
1949
1953
1957
52 Ivan Allen Jr.
(1911–2003)		 January 1962 January 1970 8 years 1961 Democratic
1965
53 Sam Massell
(1927–2022)		 January 1970 January 1974 4 years 1969 Democratic
54 Maynard Jackson
(1938–2003)
1st time		 January 1974 January 4, 1982 8 years 1973 Democratic
1977
55 Andrew Young
(born 1932)		 January 4, 1982 January 2, 1990 7 years, 363 days 1981 Democratic
1985
56 Maynard Jackson
(1938–2003)
2nd time		 January 2, 1990 January 1994 4 years 1989 Democratic
57 Bill Campbell
(born 1953/4)		 January 1994 January 7, 2002 8 years 1993 Democratic
1997
58 Shirley Franklin
(born 1945)		 January 7, 2002 January 3, 2010 7 years, 361 days 2001 Democratic
2005
59 Kasim Reed
(born 1969)		 January 3, 2010 January 2, 2018 7 years, 364 days 2009 Democratic
2013
60 Keisha Lance Bottoms
(born 1970)		 January 2, 2018 January 3, 2022 4 years, 1 day 2017 Democratic
61 Andre Dickens
(born 1974)		 January 3, 2022 Incumbent[g] 4 years, 81 days 2021 Democratic
2025
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Mims resigned due to illness.
  2. [b]
    Nelson resigned after the city council reduced a fine he levied on two young men for destroying city property.
  3. [c]
    Whitaker resigned when he was appointed by Governor Joseph E. Brown as Commissary General of Georgia's state troops during the Civil War.
  4. [d]
    Williams's second term as mayor was extended to 1868 by order of the commandant of the post of Atlanta, Major General John Pope.
  5. [e]
    Key survived a recall election.
  6. [f]
    LeCraw resigned to join the United States Army.
  7. [g]
    Dickens's second term began on January 5, 2026, and is set to expire on January 7, 2030; he will be term-limited.

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